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30 September 2020

  • 00:00, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Trapped tiger (1854) by Eugène Delacroix
Trapped tiger (1854) by Eugène Delacroix

29 September 2020

  • 00:00, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
Beulah Ream Allen receiving the Medal of Freedom
Beulah Ream Allen receiving the Medal of Freedom

28 September 2020

  • 00:00, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
Flag of Western Australia
Flag of Western Australia

27 September 2020

  • 00:00, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Phyllium bilobatum
Phyllium bilobatum

26 September 2020

  • 00:00, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Mary Schenck Woolman
Mary Schenck Woolman

25 September 2020

  • 00:00, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
Convent of Santo Domingo
Convent of Santo Domingo

24 September 2020

  • 12:00, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains
  • 00:00, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Destroyed section of Rockaway Boardwalk
Destroyed section of Rockaway Boardwalk
  • ... that after the Rockaway Boardwalk (pictured) was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy, a radio ad campaign using the Ramones song "Rockaway Beach" was aired to draw visitors to the adjacent beach?
  • ... that Essop Moosa, who was of Indian origin, became the first non-white player to play for an all-white soccer team in South Africa, appearing under a pseudonym?
  • ... that S&M2 is the highest-grossing rock cinema event of all time?
  • ... that Du Shuzhen was the first woman in Henan, China, to perform the Hajj?
  • ... that after shutting down in 1954, Indiana television station WRAY-TV was activated once a year to air the annual March of Dimes telethon?
  • ... that the 16-bit Ferranti F100-L was the first microprocessor designed in Europe?
  • ... that the $10 million Tri-City Mall in Mesa, Arizona, began to lose stores and customers ten years after opening, and even a multimillion-dollar renovation could not save it?
  • ... that excavations in Romajë have revealed double-edged axes thought to have been related to sun worship?

23 September 2020

  • 12:00, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
  • 00:00, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|Ground Swell (1939) by Edward Hopper ]]
Ground Swell (1939) by Edward Hopper

22 September 2020

  • 12:00, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Night-time view of The Great Light
Night-time view of The Great Light
  • 00:00, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
Jim Watkins
Jim Watkins

21 September 2020

  • 12:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Interior of the Mahavira temple
Interior of the Mahavira temple
  • 00:00, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Launch of a Gemini B capsule and a Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup
Launch of a Gemini B capsule and a Manned Orbiting Laboratory mockup

20 September 2020

  • 12:00, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Ferraro
  • 00:00, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
Barbarossa reliquary
Barbarossa reliquary

19 September 2020

  • 12:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
Etching by Henry Farrer, c. 1875
Etching by Henry Farrer, c. 1875
  • 00:09, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
Melinda Plowman
Melinda Plowman


18 September 2020

  • 14:12, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Naturaleza muerta (1645–1650) by Tomás Yepes
Naturaleza muerta (1645–1650) by Tomás Yepes
  • 03:51, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Scarborough Town Hall and Queen Victoria statue
Scarborough Town Hall and Queen Victoria statue

17 September 2020

  • 12:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Inuit reindeer-hide parka with dog-fur trim
Inuit reindeer-hide parka with dog-fur trim
  • 00:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Jackie Summers
Jackie Summers

16 September 2020

  • 12:00, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Hokitika Clock Tower
Hokitika Clock Tower



  • 00:00, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Light Vessel 72 in 2010
Light Vessel 72 in 2010

15 September 2020

  • 12:00, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Cockfighting in Tamil Nadu, India
Cockfighting in Tamil Nadu, India
  • 00:00, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Kaiten Memorial Museum, Ōzushima
Kaiten Memorial Museum, Ōzushima

14 September 2020

  • 12:00, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Alexander Ovechkin
Alexander Ovechkin
  • 00:00, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Elijah Thomas Webb Residence
Elijah Thomas Webb Residence

13 September 2020

  • 12:00, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
Anandalahari
Anandalahari
  • 00:00, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
2017 Miss Supranational finalists
2017 Miss Supranational finalists

12 September 2020

  • 12:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Nihonga painting by Kimura Buzan
Nihonga painting by Kimura Buzan
  • 00:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers
Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen Stragglers

11 September 2020

  • 12:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
A flattened corn field near Roland, Iowa
A flattened corn field near Roland, Iowa


  • 00:00, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Lydia Mendoza
Lydia Mendoza
  • ... that when Tejano singer Lydia Mendoza (pictured) was a child returning to Texas with her parents in 1920, border agents immersed her and other Mexican children in gasoline baths?
  • ... that after the Battle of Leptis Parva, the losers were spared—except for their commander, who was tortured to death?
  • ... that during the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, Tash Farrant took a hat-trick, but her team still lost the match?
  • ... that US diplomats asked Poland not to name their new military base Fort Trump lest it be perceived as a vanity project and not a serious military proposal?
  • ... that the Singer Building, the world's tallest building when completed, later became the world's tallest building to be demolished?
  • ... that Helen Reddy said that her single "No Sad Song" sold poorly "because it put down men too much"?
  • ... that Thomas Edward Wilkinson was made Bishop of Zululand after his predecessor in South Africa, John Colenso, was excommunicated?
  • ... that three Prix Gémeaux categories for best drama were created after a boycott by Quebec production studios?

10 September 2020

  • 12:00, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Felimida krohni
Felimida krohni
  • 00:00, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Ekaterina
Ekaterina

9 September 2020

  • 12:00, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Autobahnkirche Siegerland
Autobahnkirche Siegerland
  • 00:00, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine

8 September 2020

  • 12:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Liberty Tower
Liberty Tower
  • 00:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Axe
Axe

7 September 2020

  • 12:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Elastomeric respirator in cybergoth fashion
Elastomeric respirator in cybergoth fashion
  • 00:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Mizrah wall hanging
Mizrah wall hanging

6 September 2020

  • 12:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman
  • 00:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Equestrian statue of Ferdinand III of Castile in Seville
Equestrian statue of Ferdinand III of Castile in Seville

5 September 2020

  • 12:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (1636)
Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (1636)


  • 00:00, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
[[File:|140px|McWhorter (top right) on the American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal ]]
McWhorter (top right) on the American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal

4 September 2020

  • 12:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi
  • 00:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Midnight Sun Mosque in Inuvik
Midnight Sun Mosque in Inuvik

3 September 2020

  • 12:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Franklin La Du Ferguson
Franklin La Du Ferguson
  • 00:00, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
The Fitting (1890)
The Fitting (1890)

2 September 2020

  • 12:00, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Necci from Tuscany
Necci from Tuscany
  • 00:00, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
George V (right) and Nepalese prime minister Chandra Shumsher with a shot tiger
George V (right) and Nepalese prime minister Chandra Shumsher with a shot tiger

1 September 2020

  • 12:00, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Earth Dome II under construction
Earth Dome II under construction
  • 00:00, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Alexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark